Chords for Kris Kristofferson - The promise (1993)

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[G#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] You _
_ [B] gave me back my soul again by [C#] showing me the _
_ [E] _ laughter [B] and the [F#m] wonder in [B] your eyes.
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_ _ _ [B] Saved me from the shuddered man [C#] I used to be, _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ opened up [F#m] the windows of [B] my life.
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_ [D#] _ [B] And the happiness _ you've given me [C#] for loving you [D#] _ [C#] _ _ [E] is sweeter, [B] _
[F#] loving, deeper _ [B] every day. _
I [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ can't stop the changes that [C#] you're growing _ _ for _ _ [E] someone new [F#] from stealing you [B] away. _
_ [F#] So darling, when [B] it's time, [E] you can spread your wings [B] and I'll set [E] you free.
_ _ [B] Fly away, _ _ _ _ [F#] it's okay, _ cause darling, [B] _
time [E] changes _ everything.
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But it won't [E] change me, _ _ [B] I love you, oh, _ _ [F#] I love you.
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[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [E] _
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Inside of me you'll always be [C#] my Valentine.
_ _ _ _ [G#m] [E] I pray your [F#] freedom makes your dreams [B] come true.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] As long as there's a heartbeat in [C#] this soul of mine, _ _ _ [E] you'll know there's [F#] someone so in love [B] with you.
_ _ [F#] Darling, when [B]
it's time, [E] you can spread your wings [B] _
and I'll set [E] you free.
_ _ [B]
Fly away, _ _ _ _ [F#]
it's okay, _ _ cause [B] darling, time [E] changes _ everything.
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But it won't [E] change me, _ [B] I love you, oh, _ _ [F#] I love you.
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_ _ [Fm] What may be happening to me is through the love of my children, I'm learning how to love _ older people too.
You know, it's, um, _ _ _ the _ _ Promise started out _ _ _ [N] for my kids.
It started out for, I was writing about Casey and then it come to be all my kids.
And then it came to be, when I sing it now, I say it's for the mamas too.
_ _ And it's anything _ _ that _ you love with absolutely no strings, you know, my [B] kids can do _ [C] whatever _ they want to.
_ _ They're _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ absolutely free for me, cause my love is unconditional.
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